Middlebury alumni Kris McGuffie ’97 and Alex Newhouse ’17 spoke last Thursday about the dangerous role of artificial intelligence in online extremism, drawing connections between the growth of the Internet to the rise of online extremist communities.
The Student Government Association Finance Committee is dedicating $100,000 of budget surpluses to fund student-run projects through the MiddKid Mega Project, a one-time competition to incentivize creative ideas and expedite the process of funding them.
Students voted on Feb. 26 in favor of eliminating the position of commons senator, reducing the Student Government Association senate from 17 to 12 members. Only 10 percent of the student body voted in the referendum, which also changed SGA members’ titles from “senator” to “representative.” ...
Middlebury C.V. Starr Schools Abroad continue to react to the global spread of Coronavirus. With over 300 cases confirmed in Italy, Middlebury’s host university in Ferrara, Italy has decided to postpone the start of the semester. As a result, the one Middlebury student currently studying in Ferrara ...
Census day is April 1. Here’s what Midd students need to know.
Michael Oren, former Israeli ambassador to the United States, gave a talk on Monday about the multifaceted alliance between the United States and Israel and fielded questions from student protesters.
A semester into Tobacco 21, Kevin Kareckas, Middlebury’s alcohol and other drug education specialist, is envisioning a tobacco-free future.
History Professor and Black Studies Program Director William Hart announced the creation of the Twilight Project, a collaborative research initiative that will delve into Middlebury’s fraught history of inclusion and marginalization, during opening statements to Nikole Hannah-Jones’ talk on Tuesday ...
Exploring the role of education in a time of global uncertainty, an interdisciplinary panel and Q&A served as a follow-up to writer and climate activist Naomi Klein’s Feb.13 talk. Moderators Hannah Laga Abraham ’23 and Ivonne Serna ’23 asked five faculty members from across the disciplines ...
Robert Pollin, professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and Oren Cass, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, debated the value of a Green New Deal in Dana Auditorium last Thursday.
“I think our community is longing for more ways to speak openly about mental health”: the Office of Health and Wellness Education is planning to introduce a peer mental health mentorship program in the fall.
Journalist and creator of the 1619 project Nikole Hannah-Jones spoke to a packed Mead Chapel on Tuesday night.
Renee Wells, director of education for equity and inclusion, hosted open workshops on activism last Thursday and Friday as well as a mandatory workshop during Feb orientation for the Class of 2023.5
Bill McKibben was arrested in a D.C. Chase Bank branch last month, ahead of a national mass action planned for April 23
“The growth [of the meme page] has just been crazy to the point where it has become a major source of information for students,” said page administrator Torre Davy '21.
Maya Gee, Roni Lezema, Dennis Miranda-Cruz, Cynthia Chen and Myles Maxie of the class of 2022 developed Midd Ambassadors in an effort to address the lack of diversity on campus.
Acclaimed writer and climate activist Naomi Klein spoke to a packed Wilson Hall about justice and hope in a warming world, but fire was the key theme of the night.
All Middlebury students will now have access to free digital New York Times and Wall Street Journal subscriptions, the SGA announced in an email to the student body on Sunday.
This flu season was worse than usual due to an inaccuracy in this year's flu vaccine that reduced its effectiveness.
Current and former members of College Republicans divide over the decision to invite Charles Murray to speak on campus for the third time.